Libby Sternberg

Set a few years after World War I, THE CASE AGAINST MY BROTHER concerns two poor orphaned boys who travel to Portland, Oregon to stay with their Uncle Pete. Fifteen year old Carl, our first person protagonist, has a clear strong voice, though his attitude vascillates between the comfortable beliefs of his childhood and what he is coming to see as his obligations of manhood. Carl was once protected by the presence of his elder brother Adam, but Adam is now accused of a crime and sees flight as his only recourse.